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They are striving to create awareness of what is being labeled, the “new secondhand smoke” – wood burning smoke. “One of the reasons it’s a problem is the particulates in wood smoke are so small,” said Alderman. Smoke she says can travel for half a mil

A three-month investigation by the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) resulted today in the arrest of a Trumbull Connecticut man, the seizure of more than $53,000 in cash, 5,000 packs of cigarettes, 53,000 counterfeit Connecticut cigarette tax stamps an

voters seeing the onslaught of TV ads on behalf of both can be excused if they don't know what to believe. After all, tobacco companies are largely financing the campaigns for both tax measures, spending nearly $18.5 million combined. Equally counterintu

I have lived in Maryland for 30 years now, and don’t know whether tobacco companies still recruit poor children in Appalachia. I do know that poor children in West Virginia suffer from many of the same living conditions described in this article, but th

For the health of the Branford Community and in keeping with the Branford Parks and Recreation Department’s philosophy of providing “….positive leisure time and promoting physical and emotional enrichment” we are pleased to announce that the Branford Rec

The ISDS arbitration panel later ruled against the tobacco company on procedural grounds, but many civil society organizations believe similar suits can restrict the ability of regulators to protect public health. Australia did finally relent in the TPP

Vincent Bifolck filed the wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of his wife, Jeanette Bifolck... Bifolck argues that Marlboro knowingly designed and manufactured the cigarettes in a way...liable under the Connecticut Product Liability Act, but

Vincent Bifolck filed the wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of his wife, Jeanette Bifolck, a 42-year-old woman who died from lung cancer he claims was caused by years of smoking Marlboro and Marlboro Light cigarettes designed and marketed

The impact we will see in Connecticut involves the products on the shelves of your local vape shop. At the White Buffalo in New Haven, owner Sasha Zabar has more flavors of E-juice, the liquid in electronic cigarettes, than ever before. What the start of

Youth who continue to use e-cigarettes tend to cite low cost and desire to quit smoking as reasons for vaping...those who reported trying e-cigarettes to quit smoking were 14 times more likely to continue vaping. However, the long-term benefits of using